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l STE/1111118 TABLE. Y No. 810.185. Patented Jan. 8, 1888` AzJw/ENTOR3"Y 1 w1th an opening (rectangular 1n this instance) PATENT OFFICE.

ROYAL E. DEANE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

sTEAMlNe-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.310,185, dated January6, 1885.

Application filed August 4, 1884. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, ROYAL E. DEANE, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at New York city, in the county and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Steam-CookingApparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of steameooking apparatuswhich isdesigned for frying and broiling articles of food.

The object-oi' the invention is to so construct and arrange an apparatusor cooking-table of this class that either large or small articles maybe cooked thereon with equal facility, afurther object being to soconstruct such an apparatus or cooking-table as to obtain twoindependent cooking-surfaces, in order that two dissimilar articles offood-as, for instance, iish and steak-may be cooked each on aseparatesurface, so that the taste of one will not be affected by the other. themeans illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein#- Figure lrepresents my improved apparatus Vor cooking-table in vertical section.Fig. 2 is a plan View.

In both figures the same reference-letters are used to designatecorresponding parts'. The frame of stand A is provided f t thetop of asize and shape to receive the steam-box B. This box is a hollow metalliccasing constructed to fit loosely inthe opening in the top of the standof frame A, and is provided at sopposite sides with hollow trunnions orpipes Y D, adapted to be journaled in boxes Va at opposite sides of theopening in the frame A, in order that the box B-maybe readily turned tobring either horizontal surfaceV uppermost. One'horizontal surface, b,of the box is provided with numerous depressions toreceive smallarticles to be cooked, while the opposite surface, b is plain, as shown.The opposite 'horizontal -walls of the box are united at intervalsbyconnections or points B, extending from thecenter of each depressionin the surface b of one wall to a point opposite in the other wall,theseconnections being preferably formed during casting.

In practice-the pipes D arepto be connected,

TheseV objects I attain by particular description of any one 'form is ldeemed unnecessary herein. Cocks or valves to regulate the admission andescape of steam may be provided, their location being preferably uponthe steam supply and exhaust pipes near the box B. Thus constructed, itwill be seen that the box may be turned to bring either horizontalsurface uppermost, as the nature of the articles to be cooked mayrequire, the recessed surface being particularly designed for thecooking of small articlessuch as eggs, griddle-cakes, apd the like-andthe plain or iiat surface for the cooking of steak, Src.

Vhat l claim as my i11venti0n,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A reversible steam-cooking table consist-ing, substantially as beforeset forth, of a hollow steam-tight box provided at opposite edges withtubular trunnions or pipes.

2. The combination, with the stand or frame provided` at the top with anopening having journal-bearings at opposite sides, of the hollowsteam-tight box constituting a cookingtable, constructed to iit looselywithin said opening, and provided at opposite sides with tubulartrunnions adapted to tit said bearings, substantially as described.

3. A reversible steam-cookin g table consisting of a hollow steam-tightbox provided at opposite edges with tubular trunnions or pipescommunicating with the interior of the box, and having a series ofdepressions in one of its cooking-surfaces, substantially as described.

4.. A reversible steam-cooking table consisting of a hollow steam-tightbox having at opposite sides tubular trunnions or pipes communicatingwith the interior of the box, and

provided interiorly with points connecting the opposite walls ofthe box,substantially as specified.

Dated New York, July 29, 188i.

ROYAL E. DEANE. Witnesses:

FRANK H. HYATT, E. D. HENNEssY.

